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Air Commodore James Baird Coward AFC (Ret) as a pilot 266 Squadron RAF and 19 Squadron RAF and a member of Winston Churchill's personal staff, 1939-1945, interviewed by John White
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Maker: Coward, James Baird White, John Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
James Baird Coward speaks of his experiences as a fighter pilot during the Second World War. He discusses his involvement in the Battle of Britain and the evacuation of Dunkirk. Coward suffered a seve...S02858
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Albert Simon as an engineer with the Maritime Services Board, 1939-1945, interviewed by Andrew Jack
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Maker: Simon, Albert Jack, Andrew Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Simon speaks of his family background; employment in defence construction work during the Second World War; the entanglement of a Japanese midget submarine in the boom net in Sydney Harbour on the nig...S02648
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Allan Edgar as Flight Lieutenant, Coastal Command, Second World War, interviewed by Chris Goddard
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Maker: Edgar, Allan Goddard, Chris Preston, Lenny
Allan Edgar discusses his early life growing up as the son of a headmaster (himself a First World War veteran), which resulted in the family having to move to at least six times (Albury, Coolamon, Kan...AWM2016.46.38
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Commander Dean Robertson Murray RAN (Rtd) as a sub lieutenant of a landing craft flotilla, Operation Overlord, June 1944, interviewed by Simone Sharpe
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Maker: Murray, Dean Robertson Sharpe, Simone Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Murray speaks of his early schooling; enlistment in the navy at 14 years of age; service prior to posting as an attachment to a Royal Navy unit; attendance at courses at various Royal Navy schools in ...S03242
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Jack Bridger Chalker as a member of the Royal Artillery, and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1939-1945, interviewed by Simon Forrester
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Maker: Chalker, Jack Forrester, Simon Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
During the Second World War Chalker saw service with the Royal Field Artillery. He was captured at the fall of Singapore and sent to Thailand to work on construction of the Burma-Thailand railway. Cha...S02790
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John James Joseph Wade, as a Corporal, 2/28 Battalion, Middle East, 1941-1942, interviewed by Dr Karl James
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Maker: Wade, John James Joseph James, Karl Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
JJ Wade discussed his enlistement; service in Tobruk; food rations; moving from Tobruk to Syria; leave in Cairo; daily routine with an "ack-ack" platoon in Tobruk; propaganda leaflet drops in Tobruk; ...S05027
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Keith Horton Hooper as a member of 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1939-1946, interviewed by Bill Fogarty
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Keith Horton Hooper as a member of 2/6 Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of war in Germany, 1939-1946, interviewed by Bill Fogarty A transcript of this recording may be available. For furt...S02788
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Lieutenant Commander Maxwell Henry Shean DSO and Bar RANR (Rtd) as a seaman officer attached to the Royal Navy, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 1942-1945, interviewed by Dr Daniel Oakman
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Maker: Shean, Maxwell Henry Oakman, Daniel Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny Shean, Maxwell Henry
Maxwell Shean discusses his education and family background, joining the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve as sublieutenant, training in anti-submarine warfare at HMAS Rushcutter; appointment t...S02804
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Peter Pidgeon discusses his father, artist and war correspondent William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP) in an interview with the Memorial's Curator of Art Claire Baddeley
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Maker: Australian War Memorial Baddeley, Claire Pidgeon, Peter Nathaniel Preston, Lenny
An interview about artist and war correspondent William Edwin Pidgeon (WEP).S06067